Medical progress and social reality [[electronic resource] ] : a reader in nineteenth-century medicine and literature / / edited by Lilian R. Furst

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462100703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000
• ISBN: 0-7914-9152-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series, the margins of literature
• Altri autori (Persone): FurstLilian R
• Disciplina: 809.3/9356
• Soggetti: Medicine; Literature and medicine - History - 19th century; Medicine in literature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Medical Progress and Social Reality: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Literature""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: From Speculation to Science""; ""Humoral Medicine""; ""Cadavers and Instruments""; ""Germ Theory""; ""Antisepsis, Asepsis, and Anesthesia""; ""Sociological Changes""; ""1. An Introduction to the Ethical Basisof Medical Practice: The Hippocratic Oath and Its Successors""; ""The Hippocratic Oath""; ""The Christian Hippocratic Oath""; ""American Medical Associationâ€?s 1847: Code of Ethics""; ""4. Blood-Letting and Septic Surgery: An Introduction to Selections from Gustave Flaubertâ€?s Madame Bovary""""A Broken Leg ""; ""Settling into Practice""; ""A Blood-Letting""; ""Surgery""; ""5. Germs, Drugs, Diagnoses,and Cadavers: An Introduction to Selections fromGeorge Eliotâ€?s Middlemarch""; ""A Conflict of Opinions""; ""The New Hospital""; ""Lydgateâ€?s Ideals""; ""A Case of Typhoid Fever""; ""Dispensing of Drugs""; ""Abdominal Cramps and Pneumonia""; ""Facing the Truth""; ""Gathering Opposition""; ""6. The Laboratory and Its Products: An Introduction to Selections from Robert Louis Stevensonâ€?s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde""""The Delinquent Mr. Hyde and His Check""; ""Visits to Dr. Jekyll""; ""Crying Out for the Drug""; ""Dr. Jekyllâ€?s Experiments""; ""Dr. Jekyllâ€?s Confession""; ""7. Advances toward More Scientific Practice: An Introduction to Selections ; from Sinclair Lewisâ€?s Arrowsmith""; ""Doc Vickersonâ€?s Office""; ""Arrowsmithâ€?s Office in Wheatsylvania""; ""How to Obtain Honor and Riches""; ""A Case of Diphtheria""; ""Telephone and Car""; ""Plague""; ""8. Emergency: An Introduction to Mikhail Bulgakovâ€?s “The Steel Windpipeâ€?""""“The Steel Windpipeâ€?""; ""9. Telling the Truth: An Introduction to Selections from Thomas Mannâ€?s Buddenbrooks""; ""Indigestion""; ""Pneumonia""; ""Stroke""; ""10. A Poor Womanâ€?s Plight: An Introduction to Selections from George Mooreâ€?s Esther Waters""; ""Gaining Admission to Hospital""; ""Giving Birth""; ""11. Hands-on Medical Training: An Introduction to Selections from Somerset Maughamâ€?s Of Human Bondage""; ""The Medical Students""; ""The Outpatient Clinic""; ""12. A Woman Doctor?: An Introduction to Selections from Sarah Orne Jewettâ€?s A Country Doctor""